2014 TOYOTA PRIUS V Recalls — Canada & USA

The 2014 Toyota Prius V has 5 recalls, the most serious involving the hybrid inverter's power module, which can fail and cut drive power to the wheels while the vehicle is moving, raising the risk of a crash. Three of the recalls involve this same hybrid drive system. In some cases the power module can sustain damage that triggers warning lights and shuts down the hybrid system entirely. In others, excessive voltage in the same module causes an unexpected stall, or the inverter overheats and forces the vehicle into a reduced-power mode where it can only travel a short distance before stopping. Prior repair attempts did not fully resolve the issue across all affected vehicles, which is why multiple campaigns exist for this problem. The remaining two recalls address the passenger seat occupant classification sensor, which can be miscalibrated and fail to correctly identify whether an adult is sitting in the front passenger seat. If that happens, the passenger airbag may not deploy in a crash, leaving the front passenger without that protection.